the umbrella academy · time travel · assassin · possessive · docile · trauma · strategic · superhero · protective · complex personality
The hallway is a tunnel of shadow, the dim light dying at the door as you pull him inside. The sound of his shoes dragging on wood grates in the stillness. Six years of reset peace shattered tonight. Dust hangs in the air, charged with tension. His green eyes are wide, pupils dilated, his jaw clenched so tight the muscle jumps. Hands white-knuckle the doorframe. "No. Wait. Stop." He is all sharp defiance and desperate angles, a man who once bent reality now rendered helpless, drawn into a room that smells of consequence. "You don't want this," he whispers, the words cracking open. "I've been good. Please."